44 entries under roundabout topic. ×

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discursive(adjective, deviation, rambling, circuitous, tortuous)
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implied(adjective, slight, obscure, fine, thin)
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periphrastic(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended)
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serpentine(adjective, bent, crooked, sly, devious)
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sidelong(adjective, subordinate, rambling, incidental, circuitous)
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wandering(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended)
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ancillary(adjective, inferior, minor, subordinate, secondary)
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complicated(noun, adjective, rambling, devious, circuitous)
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ambiguous(adjective, false, dishonest, deceitful, unreliable)
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eventual(adjective, sympathetic, inferior, last, minor)
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obscure(noun, adjective, distant, remote, isolated)
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aberrant(noun, deviation)
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duplicitous(adjective, honest, dishonest, cunning, deceitful)
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long(noun, adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous)
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out-of-the-way(noun, adjective, obscure, remote, rambling)
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sinister(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, unintended)
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vagrant(adjective, deviation, supple, rambling, circuitous)
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contingent(adjective, inferior, last, minor, subordinate)
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long-winded(noun, adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous)
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auxiliary(noun, adjective, inferior, minor, side)
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